The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
What KILLsiMERIcANs.

What K!LLSEMERlCANS.
East Living Hr"kies" Entimg.-Hard Drink.
ing-Trar Slrrplns- socIAl Joalousy-
Political ~: ;,lnI-flolsnt PASSIONS
.:,r Race for None
: The alarming disease Of this
country is nervous debility and
prostr;. Son. 1t goes under
many IL: ".:s but it is essen.
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private institu.
tions for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
in the United States is de.
cleasing every year. Sudden
deaths from nervous collapse
among our business, profess
ional and public men are SO
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority Of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent treason, or under so-called
"depression of spirits" are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is a fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts are startling.
They threaten the very life Of
the nation. They assail the
springs Of its power and pros
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and wolllan's useful
ness and beauty.
Every one should know the
causes. What are they? The
answer is easy and terribly
plain: Our vicious personal
habits; our careless and lawless
eating and drinking; the in
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after
money, position and influence;
the fears and struggles Of poy.
erty; the use Of narcotics and
stimulants; our fashion Of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn life's candle at both ends
and fill the lunatic asylums
and the graveyards.
The disease from which we
suffer and die is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous Dyspepsia, as it
is seated in the Nerves and in
the organs Of Digestion, Assim-
ilation and Nutrition. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally storued;
even when there is no enact
alton to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out it's warnings:-headache
in the morning; a persistent
dull heaviness or aching at the
base Of the brain; wakefulness;
loss ofappetite and disgust with
food; loss of mental energy and
interest in ordinary duties and
business; restlessEess and anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; quotations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional glddiness;
palpitation Of the heart; sal;
lowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual failure Of
strength and ambition.
The remedy is a total aban-
donment of the habits and GUS
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use of Shaker Ertract Of Roots
(Seige1's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. TGls
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of Mt. Leb-
anon, n. Y, is especially adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the disordercd stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, restor-
ing their tone and vlsnr, pro-
noting the secretion Of 2ile, ex-
pelling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon the nervous ;, system
Shaker Ertract(Selgel' $ oyrup)
acts as a safe and WI. esome
anodvne without the : ;htest
narcotic effect, anc. SO, leaves
the nerves to regain I r nat
ural to::le and strength rough
its wonderful inll':enc, upon
the function Of nutrltie.'.
1t is safe to say mo" nerv-
l,.s,,or+ics have lr an re-